I think the key issue is whether Open Source is a subset of Free Software or the opposite. It appears to me that all Open Source software is free because the code is open so anyone can compile it and use it. However, not all free software is open source. Of course, that's using the free as in beer context of the word free.
If by free, you mean freedom of the software to be applied or used however way anyway wants... it'd be comparable to equation for Newton's first law... F=ma. That expression is free as in beer and free as in free speech. I think Stallman wants software... or rather algorithms to be free as in F=ma.
No, it's NOT the same thing. As a professor, you submit to the scrutiny of every student in your classroom. It comes with the paygrade. The students on the other hand submit to what you deem worthy to evaluate them on. I doubt you could make a clear judgment on any of the qualities you mentioned for your students.
In a way, you must submit to the kind of anonymous insulting that celebrities face. But I think the key is to filter out the crap, and improve on those points you deem as constructive criticism.
Actually the secret is this: Lucas has "artistically" re-edited the scene yet again. Now Han and Greedo hug each other and Greedo keels over from a heart attack after being overcome with emotion that they're no longer enemies.....
Nah, Greedo looked pretty tired... he was just taking a nap.
we plan on building a manned space craft that's never been tested, flying to Mars on a mission in which even robots have been lost, launching back into space from Mars and getting home... when it's still considered "unsafe" to repair a piece of equipment in our own orbit.
Hmmm
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If by free, you mean freedom of the software to be applied or used however way anyway wants... it'd be comparable to equation for Newton's first law... F=ma. That expression is free as in beer and free as in free speech. I think Stallman wants software... or rather algorithms to be free as in F=ma.
puts humans? as as opposed to what, donkeys?
If humans don't have nanosecond-response times, who/what is guiding the stealth bomber?
I know where you're headed with that! =)
Who are you and how do you know about the Zootalooga tribe?
UH no! sorry Sun is a small company run by a small man.
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BitTorrent's Creator Bram Cohen Arrested...
fewf!
I am not a lawyer. I can wait till someone posts IAAL! I wonder if Lawyers even read Slashdot!??!?
Not to divert from the point you are making, but in this case, the professor is not claiming it is an insult but rather claiming it is false.
No, it's NOT the same thing. As a professor, you submit to the scrutiny of every student in your classroom. It comes with the paygrade. The students on the other hand submit to what you deem worthy to evaluate them on. I doubt you could make a clear judgment on any of the qualities you mentioned for your students.
In a way, you must submit to the kind of anonymous insulting that celebrities face. But I think the key is to filter out the crap, and improve on those points you deem as constructive criticism.
now even his BLOG has been forced offline.. Damn Slashdot!
Nah, Greedo looked pretty tired... he was just taking a nap.
we plan on building a manned space craft that's never been tested, flying to Mars on a mission in which even robots have been lost, launching back into space from Mars and getting home... when it's still considered "unsafe" to repair a piece of equipment in our own orbit. Hmmm
Someone's going to get sued when a bunch of environmentalists decide to "make a statement" and paint themselves with this stuff.
Man, it must make life easy to measure your abilities in course credits quantities.
MmmmmM wafers.. mmmmm
oh, I'm sure Google is well aware of the power they have and choose to wield it however they see fit.
Why track him with the Patriot Act when we can blow him apart with a Patriot Missle
to AOL cds instead?
Several anonymous cowards have already pointed this out, but I thought I'd point it out at +2... Wow democracy really works ;)
You really gotta hand it to those Swedes for going all the way from design to reality.
The Solar System model is now featured on Sla... ERROR.
Nah, Ebay doesn't deal with items that auction well below the penny.
well.. not really! Leafs do suck... they keep losing in second round playoffs. What else is there to say: just stating the facts ;)
hmmm.. Leafs suck.. Canucks rock!??!?!?